ENJOY

Life is beautiful and shitty and strange 

and amazing and devastating 

and hard and easy 

and full of love and full of anger and…

just enjoy the ride. 

VOTED

SO AMAZING

The Trinity College library is over 300 years old, its located in Dublin Ireland.and houses 200,000 of the library's oldest books. I have been there, it is amazing!

WHAT I GREW UP ON

PLAN YOUR TRAVEL

TRAVEL

A person travels the world over

in search of what he needs 

and returns home to find it.

George Moore

BE YOU

“When you don’t dress like everyone else, 

you don’t have to think like everyone else.”

A VISITOR

At my front door!

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

GENERATIONS

NOVEMBER 2024

MY HALLOWEEN PRINCESS

PONDER

“A goal without 

a plan is just 

a wish.”

Antoine de-Saint

“If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll probably end up somewhere else.”

David Campbell

“Success in life can be defined as the continued expansion of 

happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals”

Deepak Chopra

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

Mahatma Gandhi

“The older I get, the more I understand that it’s okay 

to live a life 

that others don’t understand.”

END OF OCTOBER

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

PENGUIN INFO

You are welcome!

HISTORY RECORDED

SWEET TEA

I was always one to drink water. It’s the best beverage for your body and all that. Lemon water is my favorite. 

But several years ago I started drinking those sugar free flavored mixes that you can get everywhere. I was on an orange kick for quite a while and called it Tang. But then I branched out and ended up not caring so much for tang anymore. I did peach tea flavor for a while, and really liked that, and I’m currently on a pomegranate, blueberry binge! Yum!

But I have been trying to diversify and reduce my intake of artificial sweeteners. 

So I have been brewing tea. I grew up on sun tea, but back then you added so much sugar to it. Now I try to avoide t sugar most of the time. But, I have been adding a packet of Stevia in my big insulated cup… and I was finding hard to finish the whole thing. Until today, when I added three packets of Stevia… GAME CHANGER!!! 

Man oh man,  Sweet Tea is AWESOME! I guess I was denying the truth that I love the sweet in sweet tea. Long story short, do what ever it takes to up the water intake.

I’m a very happy, hydrated girl! 

JUST SOME COOL THINGS

GRAND KID SUNDAY

FOUR IN ONE WEEK

1. Eye exam ✔️

2. Dental exam ✔️

3. Mammogram ✔️

4. Flu & Covid shots ✔️

THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less 

traveled by, and that has made 

all the differences.” 

-Robert Frost

I don’t think I will ever stop being amazed but the colors of fall. 

And there is nothing as magical as autumn’s confetti!

THE POWER OF FUN

Fun is always 

a priority for me.

Nothing is worth

the lack of fun.

AM

MY BABY

So long ago, I miss her with all my heart. ♥️ 

SUNRISE

As I drove through the countryside this morning, I looked into my rear view mirror and saw the sun just coming up through the woods. There was a red barn filled with drying tobacco just on the edge of the woods. It is a beautiful morning. 

GEEZER’S PARADOX

You don’t become 

cooler with age,

but you do care progressively less 

about being cool.

Which is the only 

true way of being cool.

YOUR ENTHUSIASM

Follow your enthusiasm.

It’s something I’ve always

 believed in. 

Find those parts of your life

 you enjoy the most. 

Do what you enjoy doing.

Jim Hensen

THE DIPPER

This little shop has been around for a very long time. It is so popular that the patient customers line up down the road. Some of the best soft serve ice cream ever! 

IF YOU STOP BY

If you stop by my office today and I’m napping at my desk, please be kind. 

You see I had a 7am dental visit, then I went home and made a crockpot full of meatballs and marinara (to take as part of dinner for a family member in need), then I started a crockpot full of potato cheddar soup (for our family cook out this weekend). Then I made breakfast and then I headed to work. 

I’ve accomplished quite a bit here at the office so far, but this hold music the cruise line has me listening to is making me very drowsy. 

So if you stop in to see me, just be kind, I’m doing my best!

SLEEP?

When I come home from work with a migraine, this is how well the rest of the night goes. 
I feel awful this morning. 

SUNDAY TO DO LIST

•Pumpkin & Pickle Festival w/ my GrandPrincess ✔️

•Hockey Game ✔️

•Lunch w/Kids ✔️

•Nap ✔️

•Working on a Birthday Quilt ✔️

Coloring a pickle and posing with Penny the donkey and Penelope the alpaca.

My GrandPrincess had the full attention of her Daddy and Papaw when it comes to Pretty Princess things.

LET IT GO

 If it doesn’t build you up and

help you in your progression…

LET IT GO

Your future self will thank you.

POWERFUL CONFIRMATION

A female friend once said

“I LOVE WHO YOU ARE INSIDE”

Such a powerful confirmation 

from one woman to another.

TO QUOTE MISS MONROE

“One of the best things that happened to me 

is that I am a woman. 

All women should feel that way." 

"Dogs don't bite. People do." 

"I don't feel like spring. I feel like a hot red autumn." 

"Laugh when you're sad. 

Crying is too easy." 

"No one told me I was beautiful when I was a child. 

All children should be told they're beautiful, even if they're not." 

"It's better to be alone than miserable with someone." 

"Imperfection is beauty and madness is genius. 

It's better to be ridiculous 

than to be boring." 

"Disappointments make you open your eyes and close your heart." 

"I'm a little girl in a big world trying to find someone to love." 

"I've never left someone 

I believed in." 

"I have never cheated anyone. Sometimes I let men make their own mistakes."

 "If I had followed all the rules, I wouldn't have gotten anywhere." 

"It's easier to love a man than to live with him." 

"Don't hang your head,

 keep your forehead up and smile, 

because life is a beautiful thing and you have many reasons to smile."

VISION OR TRICKERY

I had an optometrist appointment today. I wear glasses for distance and as I waited to see the highly trained professional, I viewed the art on the walls….

… is it my eyes or is it the art on the walls? Something was off! 

So I asked the girl at the counter, and she laughed and said “Is it blurry to you? Maybe you need glasses!”

I think I was a set up!!!

Below is my public service announcement! 

SATURDAY TO DO LIST

•Eye Dr Appointment ✔️

•Farmers Market ✔️

•Breakfast, at a little spot ✔️

•Shopping with my Daughter and 4 year old GrandPrincess ✔️

•9 year old grandsons Football Game…Side line with 2 year old grandson ✔️

•Shopping for a hammock fix and squirrel corn ✔️

•Perfect weather bike ride✔️

•Yummy home made dinner✔️

•Working on Christmas gifts✔️